A separatist group in Mali said an airstrike on a market in the country’s north has killed at least 18 people. Mali’s army ...

Mali, a predominantly Muslim, landlocked West African nation that straddles the arid latitudes of the sub-Saharan Sahel, gained independence from France in 1960. Its democratization over the past ...

The FLA accuse Malian forces and Russian Wagner mercenaries of intercepting two passenger vehicles travelling to Algeria from the Malian city of Gao and killing the civilians on board, including women ...

The announcement comes as most West African nations are rethinking their relationship with France, which is losing its clout in the region. Following the military coups, Burkina Faso and Mali dropped ...

The West African nation, along with neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, has for more than a decade battled an insurgency fought ...

Mali's army said its attack targeted armed militants ... including some allied with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Following military coups in all three nations in recent years, the ...

capitalizing on instability in countries including Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Since French troops began withdrawing almost two years ago, the Islamic State in the Sahel has launched deadly ...

Mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner Group, fighting alongside Malian soldiers, have assaulted women, massacred civilians and ...